Agenda and draft minutes

Please note that following changes to SO17A, public speaking about applications for planning permission will be at the start of relevant agenda items rather than at the start of the meeting.  Time limits and notification deadlines remain unchanged, as set out below.

To receive and hear any person who wishes to address the Committee. The Chairperson will select the order of the matters to be heard. Each speaker will be limited to a period of five minutes for public participation on non-planning matters (up to a maximum of 30 minutes) and three minutes for the applicant/supporters and three minutes for objectors on a planning application (up to a maximum of 30 minutes).

If there is more than one person wishing to object to an application, the Chairperson will invite those persons to agree a spokesperson among themselves. In default of agreement the Chairperson may select one person to speak.

Requests to speak must be submitted in writing to the Assistant Director Legal and Governance and Monitoring Officer, or to the officer mentioned at the top of this agenda letter, by noon on the day before the meeting and the request must detail the subject matter of the address.

Please ensure that any submissions meet the required time limits and can be read out in five minutes for public participation on non-planning matters (up to a maximum of 30 minutes) and three minutes for applicant/supporter statements and three minutes for objector statements on a planning application (up to a maximum of 30 minutes). Members of the public are advised that 400 words at normal speaking speed equate to a three minute statement.

One request to speak had been received under Standing Order 17A and the speaker would be invited to address the committee immediately prior to the consideration of the application in question.

A Member must declare any disclosable pecuniary interest where it relates to any matter being considered at the meeting. A declaration of a disclosable pecuniary interest should indicate the interest and the agenda item to which it relates. A Member is not permitted to participate in this agenda item by law and should immediately leave the meeting before the start of any debate.

If the Member leaves the meeting in respect of a declaration, he or she should ensure that the Chairperson is aware of this before he or she leaves to enable their exit from the meeting to be recorded in the minutes in accordance with Standing Order 37.

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17 January 2024 to approve as a correct record (attached)

Resolved: that the minutes be approved as correct record.

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At the invitation of the Chairperson, Alistair Mead, addressed the committee speaking in favour of the application.

The Director of Place Directorate’s representative presented the report.

The committee noted the receipt of the further comments from the Environment Agency and the Agency’s continued objection to the proposals. Given the late receipt of the further comments the committee considered it reasonable to give the applicant the opportunity to seek to resolve the Agency’s objection.

It therefore resolved to DEFER the application to enable the applicant to address the objection raised by the Environment Agency and further consultation as appropriate.

Section 3 Report of the Director of Place Directorate (attached)

The Director of Place’s representative presented the report.

Resolved: that the report be noted.

Section 3 Report of the Director of Place Directorate (attached)

The Director of Place Directorate’s representative reported on appeal decisions and appeals that had been lodged since the date of the last meeting.

Resolved: that the report be noted.

For a matter to be considered as an urgent item, the following question must be addressed: “What harm to the public interest would flow from leaving it until the next meeting?” If harm can be demonstrated, then it is open to the Chairman to rule that it be considered as urgent. Otherwise the matter cannot be considered urgent within the statutory provisions.

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